3 May 1979
An election was held in South ward on 3 May 1979 to elect three councillors.
It was the first election to be held in the ward following a boundary review. the Conservatives won all three of the new seats.
B. Hodgman, Bill Jouxson and Ms. M. Whitehouse were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Conservative |
B. Hodgman *1,450 | 17.6% | ||
Conservative |
W. Jouxson *1,324 | 16.1% | ||
Conservative |
Ms. M. Whitehouse *1,230 | 15.0% | ||
Labour |
R. Herley 949 | 11.5% | ||
Labour |
H. Hawker 905 | 11.0% | ||
Labour |
D. Hawley 894 | 10.9% | ||
Liberal |
Ms. J. Luckhurst 603 | 7.3% | ||
Liberal |
Ms. B. Matthews 446 | 5.4% | ||
Liberal |
Ms. J. Maynard 423 | 5.1% | ||
Turnout | 75.9% | |||
Conservative win (new ward) | ||||
Conservative win (new ward) | ||||
Conservative win (new ward) |
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.
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